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URUGUAY - H.E. Juan Carlos Ojeda Viglione

Credentials: 18.09.2019

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Place and Date of Birth: Montevideo, November 14, 1958
Marital Status: Single
Languages: Fluent in English and French. Knowledge of Portuguese, Italian and Arabic.

EDUCATION

Degree in Diplomacy, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Studies of Law, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.
“Proficiency in English”, Cambridge University.
Professional Training Course, Artigas Foreign Service Institute, MFA.

CURRENT POSITION

Ambassador to the Republic of Austria (18.09.2019)
Permanent Representative to the International Organisations at Vienna:
- United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) (UNODC)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

01.2017/07.2019: Director of Multilateral Affairs Division
01.2014/12.2016: Concurrent Ambassador of Uruguay to the Republic of Armenia
06. 2012/12.2016: Concurrent Ambassador of Uruguay to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
05.2011/12.2016: Ambassador of Uruguay to the Islamic Republic of Iran
12.2009/02.2011: Director of Multilateral Affairs Division
09.2009/12.2010: Coordinator of the MFA for the United Nations Pilot Program “Delivering as One”
2009: Head of the Secretariat of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
2008-2009: Head of the Secretariat of the General Director of the MFA
2003-2008: Embassy of Uruguay in Israel.
2001-2003: Head of the Secretariat of the General Division for Technical and Administrative Affairs
2000-2001: Head of the Secretariat of the General Director of the MFA
1997-2000: Embassy of Uruguay in Dominican Republic
1994-1997: Embassy of Uruguay in Japan
1992-1993: Deputy Director of the Treaties Division
1991-1992: Head of the Division of International Organizations
1985-1991: Embassy of Uruguay in the Arab Republic of Egypt
1985: Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
1984: Head of the Diplomatic Secretariat of the General Division for Political Affairs
1982-1984: Bilateral Political Affairs Division, Head of the Asian Bureau
23.03.1982: Joined the Foreign Service as Third Secretary.

Participated in the pre-deployment training courses to Uruguayan troops in Peace Keeping Operations.
Accomplished several official missions abroad, such as:
Delegate of Uruguay to the 49 and 57 Committee for Program and Coordination of the United Nations, New York, 2009 and 2017.
Delegate to the International Conference of Pilot Countries of the United Nations Program “DaO”, Kigali, Rwanda, October, 2009.
Delegate to the XVI Summit Meeting of the Non Aligned Movement, Tehran, August 2012.
Delegate to the 96 Session of the Permanent Committee of International Organization of the Francophony (OIF) and the 31 Session of the Ministerial Congress of the OIF, Erevan, Armenia, November, 2015.
Delegate to the XX and XXI Meetings of the National Authorities to the OPAQ, The Hague, 2017 and 2018.

Fotos: Carina Karlovits/HBF